~HAPPY NEW YEAR

 With the passing of 2025 and the New Year of 2026 being here, I am reflecting on my walk with the Lord and how I can draw closer to Him in this year.

It is my hearts goal to be pleasing to Jesus and truly trust in Him with everything that I am and have.

Jesus is my everything, but even so, there are many things I need to shed to have a closer walk with Him.  I have mentioned in the past about my shopping addiction and how I tried and tried to break it, but always ended up falling on my face and doing it again.  I prayed and prayed because I knew that I could not overcome it on my own, and the Lord has helped me and answered my prayer and I have been set free from it at last.  I give all the glory to God for this because He is the one who set me free of this addiction, and my heart has more peace because of it.

I recently had dinner with some of our friends and they were talking about how someone from their church was using bad language in her everyday life and how this did not go with someone who belongs to the Lord.  

Although I don't cuss often if I get hurt or something of that sort happens a cuss word will come out from time to time.  This year I want to rid myself of all the things I do that do not go with who Christ has called for me to be.  It is my desire to be fit to be used by God in what ever way he calls me to and in order to be effective in His calling I must rid myself and my heart of all things that do not please the Lord.

I want to give all that I am and all that I have to do the will of God for my life.  I may plan my days, but I submit all my plans to His holy will and am fine if he changes the direction of my days.  He is my everything and I want nothing more than to please Him and make Him the center of my life each and every day.  

Saying all of this I must remember to be gentle with myself as I am human and far from perfect, but I rest in the peace that there is nothing that the blood Christ shed on the cross doesn't cover.  There is such peace in trusting Jesus and I will forever be thankful for the love of the Father for making a way for each of us to have eternal life with Him.  

This is what is on my heart today, and I thought I would share it.  Thank you for coming to my blog.  God bless you and keep you in His holy care.  Hugs to you.  ~Juli